Newspapers in Kent are reporting that controversial buy to let multi-millionaire Fergus Wilson has evicted four single mothers from his properties - and has tried to...

All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.  Housing Secretary James...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for 12 months for failing to...

The lettings agency Elet, based in Harrogate, has appointed liquidators.  A Letting Agent Today reader spotted an announcement about the move in The Gazette, the government-run publication...

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of the town.  Back in November the...

A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose to short-let their properties through...

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private rental sector. The proposal was put...

Prime central London lettings agency Draker has teamed up with a luxury interiors retailer and interior designer to launch what it calls “an outstanding opportunity” for...

A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks. In its...

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings agencies, is now calling on...

The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of four critera, has been released. The...

Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in the wider economy do not...

Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to align its price transparency and...

Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s still almost six months to...

Fixflo is launching its fifth annual Rental Repairs Survey for lettings professionals  The survey, supported by ARLA Propertymark, gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes after bringing a claim to...

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link with a lettings agency in...

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to Section 21 evictions and further...

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company rather than an individual -...

A third of tenants are happy to rent long-term and have no plans to purchase a property in the future, new research reveals. The survey of 1,000...

Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur Tej Lalvani. Outside of the series,...

There are now well over 125 pieces of legislation and regulations - most introduced in modern times - governing the private rental sector, according to research...

A large majority of private sector tenants, 84 per cent, are satisfied with their housing according to the English Housing Survey report for 2016/17, just published.  When...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired Upp Property Lettings in Oakham and Stamford. The acquisition will see the existing Leaders branch in Stamford take over the local...

An online agency selling only buy to let units to would-be investors says it’s experiencing “positive growth” despite the challenges of the rental sector. Yieldit - set...

High-profile buy to let mortgage lender LendInvest says it’s going to allow applicants to prove their ID online via photographs. It’s working with an ID verification service,...

A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year - and only a radical rethink...

Channel 4’s hit comedy Stath Lets Flats shows the funny side of running a lettings agency but one of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs says the...

Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view of HomeLet, which says rents...

The three-branch London agency Kay & Co has been named the Smaller Managing Agent of the Year at the ARMA ACE Awards, which celebrate the work...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents between £1,000 and £10,000 each. ARLA...

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental properties.  Thames Magistrates Court and Snaresbrook Crown...

A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing more - to ensure their...

The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties directly must issue to all...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one of the country’s top agencies,...

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could mean ‘hosts’ letting via Airbnb...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm in the private rental sector. Marc...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a new database to help its agent members keep abreast of compliance issues in the lettings sector.  The service is run with technology...

A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex.  Liz Brady, a partner at law...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most striking of the changes undergone...

The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the UK. While the construction of BTR...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of a leading Conservative website. Writing on...

Online accommodation platform Student.com has linked with mental health charity Student Minds in a bid to prioritise mental health awareness amongst agents and landlords.  The invitation to...

There has been strong support for an e-petition calling for the scrapping of the stamp duty surcharge on buy to let properties and the reintroduction of...

Two senior London politicians are backing a campaign to scrap the powers of agents and landlords to evict tenants under Section 21 of the Housing Act...

Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase for the capital in 18...

Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government plans to make the standard...

A petition has appeared on the government’s e-petition website calling for a review of a city council’s newly-introduced selective licensing system. Nottingham city council has introduced the...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest BTR site to date -...

The cost of buy to let mortgages remain at record lows and - with little movement in costs and rates over the past three months -...